Shareholder investment horizons and the market for corporate control

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-165

  Gaspar, José Miguel ^a   Massa, Massimo ^b   Matos, Pedro ^b  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Institutional investors; Investment horizon; Mergers and acquisitions; Shareholder heterogeneity; Short termism

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344343445     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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